here's abc's deborah roberts. >> i tend to be rather controversial in things.issues that cut against the grain. >> reporter: dr. cornell west is unapologetically opinionated. >> do you think we can meet the challenge? >> reporter: a trait he credits for his trailblazing career. >> let us never be afraid in the face of hatred. >> reporter: but now the philosophy professor says it's part of the reason he's leaving his prestigious post at harvard divinity school, recently tweeting his resignation letter after he was denied tenure. you had been tenured before, not only at harvard but other schools. why not this time? >> i was university professor at harvard, university professor at princeton. then they're going to say, we don't really think you can undergo tenure, we can't give you the reasons. i've been a black man in america over 60 years. i know what's going on. it had nothing to do with academics. >> you are saying this isn't just about race, it could be about politics, activism, all kinds of things? >> absolutely, it's about anti-palestinian sensibility, it's

publishing a tell-all memoir he says his life story will focus more on the man he's become, and deborah robertseorge. yes, yet another surprise from prince harry, and this one catching many of his family members off guard. many royal watchers, and there are quite a few on this side of the pond these days, are wondering if this new book will simply be a detailed account of tell all, maybe part two of that big tv interview. this morning, global buzz about prince harry's latest project just months after his stunning oprah interview, which reportedly angered the royal family. the duke of sussex announcing plans to pen his own life story saying in a statement, i am not writing as the prince i was born but the man i've become. my hope is that in telling my story, the highs and lows, the mistakes, the lessons learned, i can help show that no matter where we come from, we have more in common than we think. >> it's really going to focus on the people that helped shape his life and really come to discover the experiences s d that have made him the man he is today. >> reporter: the untitled memoir in the

"swan dive, the making of a rogue ballerina," deborah roberts sat down with the author.w book. >> what led you to pull back the curtain? >> the love of the afrt form. it's become apparent who we are as a nation, as a human race, ballet hasn't done evolving. >> reporter: in a raw new memoir, she opens up about the obstacles she faced after joining the new york city ballet. her first dose of reality, meeting peter rollins who ran the company for decades. he left in 2019 under a cloud of allegations involving inappropriate behavior. he denied any wrong doing and has been cleared. >> it was an intense environment. being in a ballet company is a very intense environment. >> reporter: her talent was noticed quickly. a few years later -- >> you were told you needed to lose weight? >> yes. >> you? >> yes. >> how far did you go to try to be that thin ballerina? >> i think i went as far as i possibly could go without permanently hurting myself. i knew in my head one cannot spot lose weight. >> you tried. >> i certainly tried. >> even liposuction. >> that's a way to spot lose weigh